This collection contains scholarly articles, reports and other publications authored by faculty members in the Department of Social Work at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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Submissions from 2023
Rural Mental Health Matters: Challenges, Opportunities & Resources for Communities, Joaquin Altoro, Paul Force-Emery Mackie, Kellie Kubena, Neil Tilghman, and Thad Shunkwiler
Addressing Ethics as a Rural Behavioral Health Provider, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2022
Rural America is Still Technologically Behind: Why it Matters Now More than Ever, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2021
Examining Homelessness and Housing in Mankato Area Community: A Report for Partners for Housing, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
COVID Realities & Opportunities for Rural Behavioral Health Services, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2020
Reframing the Problem of Sexual Victimization of People with Disabilities, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Safer Future Planning with Dr. Nancy Fitzsimons, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Unpacking and Reframing Dis/ability: Critical Consciousness Raising to Incorporate a Critical Response into Clinical Practice, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Macro-level Advocacy for Mental Health Professionals: Promoting Social Justice for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Interpersonal Violence, Nancy M. Fitzsimons and Michelle Anklan
Submissions from 2019
Reimaging the Poverty Simulation and a Community's Response to Poverty: A Report for the Greater Mankato Area United Way, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Ethics in Social Work Practice (with a Rural Twist), Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2018
Comprehensive Plan for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect of People with Disabilities: Report, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Virtual Mentorship Network to Address the Rural Shortage of Mental Health Providers, Heidi Keeler, Tara Sjuts, Kosuke Niitsu, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Paul Force-Emery Mackie, and Howard Liu
Submissions from 2017
Partnering with People with Disabilities to Prevent Interpersonal Violence: Organization Practices Grounded in the Social Model of Disability and Spectrum of Prevention, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Behavioral Health Human Resource Crisis: Rural Responses, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Profesional Ethics in Rural Social Work Practice, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Seclusion and Restraint Policy and Practice: Are Students Safe in School?, Laura L. Strunk and Daniel Houlihan
Submissions from 2016
Justice for Crime Victims with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System: An Examination of Barriers and Impetus for Change, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Practicing Rural Social Work, Paul Force-Emery Mackie, Kimberly A. Zammit, and Michelle E. Alvarez
Submissions from 2015
Assessing Student Learning: Growing the Culture, Cultivating Buy-In, Improving Quality, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Behavioral Health Workforce Policy Issues: A Rural Perspective, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Technology in Rural Behavioral Health Care Practice: Policy Concerns and Solution Suggestions, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2014
Twin City Public Television (TPT) documentary Independence to Inclusion., Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Community Organizing in Rural Areas: Yes, It's Different, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Differences between Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders: Rural Social Work Implications for Prevention, Assessment and Treatment, Susan M. Ryan, George S. Leibowitz, Jeanne M. Nauheimer, and Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2013
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Undergraduate Social Work Programs: How are Programs in Rural Areas Faring?, David L. Beimers, Brian Warner, and Paul Force-Emery Mackie
A Report on the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Mankato/North Mankato. Fulfilling the Five Promises: Caring Adultys, Safe Places, Healthy Start, and Healthy Development, Effective Education, and Opportunities to Help Others, Nancy M. Fitzsimons and Laura Aldrich
Blurring the Boundaries: Creative Collaborative Space for Excellence and Innovation, Patricia Hoffman and Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Hiring Social Work Faculty: An Analysis of Employment Announcements with Special Focus on Rural and Urban Differences and 2008 EPAS Implications, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Teaching Community Organizing? A Postmodernist Comparison Between Alinsky's Conflict and Eichler's Consensus Models, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and George S. Leibowitz
Submissions from 2012
A Critical Analysis of the EPAS Competencies and Practice Behaviors, William A. Anderson and Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Hiring Social Work Faculty: An Analysis of Employment Announcements, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Social Workers in Rural Places: A Study of Practitioners in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Social Work in a Very Rural Place: A Study of Practitioners in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2011
Interpersonal Violence Against People With Disabilities: Understanding the Problem From a Rural Context, Nancy M. Fitzsimons, Annelies Hagemeister, and Elizabeth Braun
Rural Social Work Recruitment and Retention Challenges: Why is it so Difficult to Fill Rural Social Work Positions?, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Why Do Social Service Supervisors have so much Trouble Hiring Social Workers Across Rural Minnesota?, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Reinventing BSSW Program Assessment and Curricula Mapping under the 2008 EPAS: A Conceptual and Quantitative Model, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and William A. Anderson
Submissions from 2010
Is There Really a Problem with Hiring Rural Social Service Staff? An Exploratory Study Among Social Service Supervisors in Rural Minnesota, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and Renee Anastasia Lips
Submissions from 2009
Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities: A Call to Action, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Grassroots Community Practice: Applying Alinsky's Rules in the 21st Century, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Is There Really a Problem with Hiring Rural Social Service Staff? An Investigation of Rural Minnesota Social Service Supervisors, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Taking it to the Streets! Engaging in the Praxis of Community Organization, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2008
Are Social Workers Really Burned Out? An Analysis between Rural and Urban Social Workers, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Burnout and Job Satisfaction among Rural and Urban Social Workers: An Investigation of Differences Between Groups, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Professional Burnout: Are Social Workers as Crispy as We Think?, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Social Workers in Rural Areas: Research on Workforce Issues, Recruitment, and Retention, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Understanding the Complexities of Workforce Issues Among Rural Social Workers, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Teaching ICWA Online: Undergraduate Child Welfare Student Learning, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and MacKenzie Collin
Submissions from 2007
Poverty in the United States: History, Explanations, and Opportunities for Social Work, Annelies K. Hagemeister and Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Understanding the Educational and Demographic Differences Between Rural and Urban Social Workers, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Your Philosophy of Social Work: Developing a Personal and Professional Definition to Guide Thought and Practice, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Factors Influencing Undergraduate Social Work Students' Perceptions about Rural-Based Practice: A Pilot Study, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and C. L. Simpson
Submissions from 2006
A Quantitative Analysis of Job Satisfaction and Burnout Among Rural and Urban Social Workers, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Are There Differences Between Rural and Urban Social Workers? Understanding Educational and Demographic Predictors, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Submissions from 2005
Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Rural and Urban Social Workers: A Qualitative Analysis, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and T. Berg
Submissions from 1997
Predictors of BMI Among Adults with Down Syndrome: The Social Contex of Health Promotion, Glenn T. Fujiura, Nancy M. Fitzsimons, Beth Marks, and Brian Chicoine
